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System Administration Commands                         parted(1M)



NAME
     parted - partition manipulation program

SYNOPSIS
     parted [options] [device [options...]...]]


DESCRIPTION
     parted is a disk partitioning and partition  resizing   pro-
     gram.  It  allows  you to create, destroy, resize, move, and
     copy ext2, ext3, linux-swap, FAT, FAT32, and reiserfs   par-
     titions. It can create, resize, and move Macintosh HFS  par-
     titions, as well as detect jfs, ntfs, ufs,  and  xfs  parti-
     tions.  It  is  useful  for creating space for new operating
     systems, reorganizing disk usage, and copying  data  to  new
     hard disks.


     This manual page documents parted briefly. Complete   parted
     documentation  is distributed with the package in "GNU Info"
     format.


     parted is implemented with a set of top-level options and  a
     set of subcommands, most of which have their own options and
     operands. These subcommands are described below. parted  has
     an optional operand:

     device    The block device to be used. When none  is  given,
               parted uses the first block device it finds.


OPTIONS
     The following options are supported:

     -h, --help

         Displays a help message.


     -i, --interactive

         Prompts for user intervention.


     -l, --list

         Lists partition layout on all block devices.


     -m, --machine




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         Displays machine-parseable output.


     -s, --script

         Never prompts for user intervention.


     -v, --version

         Displays the version number.


SUB-COMMANDS
     If you omit a subcommand in a parted command line, the util-
     ity issues a command prompt.

     check partition

         Do a simple check on partition.


     cp [source-device] source dest

         Copy the source partition's filesystem on  source-device
         (or the current device if no other device was specified)
         to the dest partition on the current device.


     help command

         Display general help, or help on a  command,  if  speci-
         fied.


     mkfs partition fs-type

         Make a filesystem fs-type on partition. fs-type  can  be
         one of fat16, fat32, ext2, linux-wap, or reiserfs.


     mklabel label-type

         Create a new disk label (partition table) of label-type.
         label-type  should  be  one of bsd, dvh, gpt, loop, mac,
         msdos, pc98, or sun.


     mkpart part-type [fs-type] start end

         Make a part-type partition with file system fs-type  (if
         specified),  beginning  at  start  and ending at end (by



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         default, in megabytes). fs-type can  be  one  of  fat16,
         fat32,  ext2,  HFS,  linux-swap, NTFS, reiserfs, or ufs.
         part-type  should  be  one  of  primary,   logical,   or
         extended.


     mkpartfs part-type fs-type start end

         Make a part-type partition  with  file  system  fs-type,
         beginning  at  start  and  ending at end (by default, in
         megabytes).


     move partition start end

         Move partition so that it begins at start  and  ends  at
         end. Note that move never changes the minor number.


     name partition name

         Set the name of partition to  name.  This  option  works
         only  on Mac, PC98, and GPT disk labels. The name can be
         placed in quotes, if necessary.


     print

         Display the partition table.


     quit

         Exit from parted.


     rescue start end

         Rescue a  lost  partition  that  was  located  somewhere
         between  start  and end. If a partition is found, parted
         will ask if you want to create an entry for  it  in  the
         partition table.


     resize partition start end

         Resize the file system on partition so that it begins at
         start and ends at end (by default, in megabytes).


     rm partition




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         Delete partition.


     select device

         Choose device as the current  device  to  edit.   device
         should  usually  be a Solaris or Linux hard disk device,
         but it can be a partition, software raid device,  or  an
         SVM or LVM logical volume if necessary.


     set partition flag state

         Change the state of the flag on partition to state. Sup-
         ported  flags  are: boot, root, swap, hidden, raid, lvm,
         lba, and palo. state should be either on or off.


     unit unit

         Set unit as the unit to use  when  displaying  locations
         and  sizes, and for interpreting those given by the user
         when not suffixed with an explicit unit. unit can be one
         of s (sectors), B (bytes), kB, MB, GB, TB, % (percentage
         of device size), cyl (cylinders), chs (cylinders, heads,
         sectors),  or compact (megabytes for input, and a human-
         friendly form for output).


     version

         Display version information and a copyright message.


ATTRIBUTES
     See attributes(5) for descriptions of the  following  attri-
     butes:



     ____________________________________________________________
    |       ATTRIBUTE TYPE        |       ATTRIBUTE VALUE       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Availability                | system/storage/parted       |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|
    | Interface Stability         | Uncommitted                 |
    |_____________________________|_____________________________|


SEE ALSO
     fdisk(1M), mkfs(1M), attributes(5)




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     The parted program is fully documented in the info(1) format
     GNU partitioning software manual.

AUTHOR
     This manual page was written by Timshel Knoll for the Debian
     GNU/Linux system. It is here adapted for the Solaris operat-
     ing system.
















































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